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Applied roboticsLeadership5 hrsIn person / Live online

Robotics Investment and the Operating Model

A half-day for the people signing the cheque. Where the payback actually comes from, what it costs to run once the integrator leaves, and who in your organisation owns it on a Tuesday.

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Runs most often inManufacturing and industrialsLogistics and supply chainRetail and consumer

What participants can do afterwards

  • Build a business case that survives the second year
  • Account for the running costs that rarely appear in a proposal
  • Decide who owns the asset, the skills and the downtime
  • Set the reporting that tells you whether it is earning its keep
  • Test a real investment case before someone signs it

Modules

4 modules, 5 facilitated hours.

  1. 1.Where payback comes from

    1.5 hrs

    Separating a case that works from one that works only in year one.

    • Build a business case that survives year two

  2. 2.The running cost

    1.5 hrs

    Maintenance, spares, downtime and the skills you now need.

    • Account for the true running cost

  3. 3.Who owns it

    1 hrs

    Assigning the asset, the skills and the downtime to someone real.

    • Assign ownership of asset, skills and downtime

  4. 4.The decision, rehearsed

    1 hrs

    The group works a live or recent investment case through the course's tests and takes a position on it.

    • Apply the course's tests to a real investment case

How it is delivered

A facilitator runs the course live, in person or live online. Attendance is taken per session, participants submit work against the modules above, and a facilitator grades it. Those records stay with the organisation and can be exported.

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